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Chapter 88 Yu Mei goes to work at the hotel (buying an old black and white TV and fighting with the
Yu Mei borrowed 100 yuan from Zhang Yuecai, who lived in the same compound and worked as a waitress in a hotel. The next day, Dai Xiaosi went to the hospital to see a doctor about her skin condition.
The doctor diagnosed it as "herpes" and prescribed some medication, which Xiaosi took. Within a few days, the herpes on her body cleared up.
Yu Mei and Zhang Yuecai went to work as front desk waitresses at the "Haokelai" hotel, a large hotel near a food stall.
The hotel waitresses' job is to serve and clear dishes in the lobby and private rooms. In addition, during the guests' meals, the waitresses also accompany the male and female diners to dance to the music of the pianist hired by the hotel front desk. The dance steps mainly include slow waltz, quick waltz, and flower dance, as well as others.
Yang Yumei was working at the hotel for the first time. In fact, she had never made snacks before, and she didn't know how to dance.
The hotel owner asked her, "Do you know how to do the Yangko dance?"
Yu Mei wanted to laugh after hearing this, but she forced a smile and replied seriously, "I can do the Yangko dance, but what does dancing have to do with the Yangko dance?"
"Okay, it's good that you know how to do the Yangko dance. Zhang Yuecai will teach you later. Go and serve the customers your plates first." The proprietress said and left.
“Okay!” Yu Mei replied.
The table was overflowing with the dishes the guests had ordered; they started eating and drinking.
Before long, the young female singer hired by the hotel at the front desk began to play the piano accompaniment with her ten fingers!
Zhang Yuecai knew that Yu Mei couldn't dance, and since she had brought Yu Mei here to work as a waitress, she was naturally willing to teach her to dance!
Then the two of them began to dance to the girl's piano song, "A Wet Heart"!
Yu Mei was a little shy when she started dancing, and then she waited for the other male and female diners to pause eating and drinking before dancing.
Everyone was dancing, and with so many people, Yu Mei, who couldn't dance, was sandwiched in the middle, and no one noticed her pretense of being a dancer.
She learned quickly, and soon she mastered it, but she wasn't as skilled as the other girls!
Then the two parted ways; Zhang Yuecai went to dance with the male customer, while Yu Mei sat on the sofa in the lobby watching.
At this moment, a middle-aged male customer invited Yu Mei, who was sitting on the sofa, to dance!
Yu Mei lacked confidence, but then Zhang Yuecai, who was dancing, nodded at her. Yu Mei became confident and returned Zhang Yuecai a sweet smile. She then stood up and accompanied the first man who had invited her to dance.
After dancing with Yu Mei for a while, the man asked Yu Mei to sit down. Then, the man walked to the girl playing the piano at the front of the stage, stretched out his two big hands, and invited her to dance!
The female singer played the song "Damp Heart" while singing the lyrics. During her performance, her hands moved up and down, her mouth moved rhythmically, and tears welled up in her eyes!
At this moment, the middle-aged male diner seemed not to see her tears, letting her tears flow until they dried, without stirring the heart of any of the male players!
He left his table and invited her to dance, but the female singer refused the male diner!
The female singer continued to play and sing the next part of "A Wet Heart," her eyes still streaming with tears.
The male customer didn't care about her tears and still insisted on having her dance with him, but the girl still ignored him.
He was very unhappy that the female singer had refused his invitation to dance!
Just as the customer was about to go to the kitchen to report the incident to the owner, the girl who played and sang stood up and walked to the restroom next to the lobby. Her journey was not far, but it attracted the attention of Yu Mei, a male customer, who stared at the female singer's legs as if he were the Grim Reaper. The girl limped into the corridor of the women's restroom and then disappeared!
The male diner's expression instantly softened from displeasure. He then turned back to his table to eat and never invited any girls to dance again! After finishing his meal, he went to the lobby bar to pay for the meals he had shared with his friends and family. From that day on, the male diner was never seen at the hotel again.
After that, the singer who played the piano was also fired by the female boss.
Yu Mei works as a waitress at a large hotel in the street. Zhang Yuecai, who brought her there, accidentally told Liu Shulan about it in the rented courtyard. Liu Shulan was very worried. She had been thinking about Yu Mei ever since Yu Mei moved out of the courtyard. She had never seen her again and did not know where she had moved to.
When Zhang Yuecai found out, she immediately told Liu Shulan the location of Yu Mei's rental house.
Liu Shulan wanted to go find Yu Mei, so she told Yu Han. Yu Han tried to stop her, but Liu Shulan got angry. So Yu Han decided to stop meddling in her mother's business. She'll see how good Yu Han's intentions are when she runs into trouble.
Following the address given to her by Zhang Yuecai from the compound, Liu Shulan went to Yu Mei's house despite Yu Han's objections.
As Liu Shulan walked, she asked for directions, and after walking for more than ten minutes, she arrived at the courtyard of Yu Mei's rented house.
It just so happens that Yu Mei is home. The hotel staff starts work late, around 9 AM. They finish get off work late, around 11 PM. It also depends on what time the last group of people arrive and leave after eating.
It would be better to put up an advertisement sign in front of the hotel saying "Closed" beforehand, so that customers won't go into the hotel to order more food.
However, there was no sign saying "Closed" in front of the hotel room, so guests were welcome to eat there anytime! This made the closing time different.
I might not get off work until the early hours of the morning, or even the next morning.
Liu Shulan arrived. It just so happened that Yu Mei had just finished get off work around 3 a.m. yesterday, and she had guests eating, so there was nothing she could do.
When Liu Shulan arrived at Yu Mei's house, Chen Lixin had already prepared a meal in the kitchen. After eating, he put the food in a pot and hitched up the horse-drawn carriage to deliver furniture to the Erbai Furniture Store.
Yang Yumei had just gotten up and was about to get her food when she suddenly saw Liu Shulan standing brightly in the kitchen, staring at her blankly!
Yu Mei saw that her second aunt was just embarrassed and didn't say anything, but she didn't stop. She walked to the red brick stove in the kitchen, opened the small iron pot lid and put it on a wooden table.
Then he turned around to get the rice and a plate of tofu from the iron curtain.
She was about to reach for the food when she came up empty-handed and discovered that the food on the curtain had disappeared.
Second Aunt was also gone. She immediately went back to the house and saw that Second Aunt was serving food to Xiao Sisi on the wooden table on the heated kang in the room.
Yu Mei grinned at her stepmother and then said gently, "Second Aunt, how did you find your way here?"
Liu Shulan hurriedly said, "I heard it from Zhang Yuecai, who lives in the compound. She wrote me a note, and I asked around until I found you. I looked around, and this compound is quite nice and quiet. It's just a bit lonely! Yumei, why don't you and your family of three move back to the compound? That way, you can look after each other."
"Second Aunt, have you eaten? Why don't you eat something here? This breakfast was made by Lixin before he left, and he put it in the pot for me."
She added, "What else did Zhang Yuecai tell you?"
"She said you and she would go to work as waitresses at a hotel. Li Xinren is a good person, but the conditions are a bit poor. However, you are still very young, and there will be plenty of opportunities to work and earn money."
"Second Aunt, I won't move to the compound. It's quite peaceful and quiet here. I'm going to a big hotel to work as a real waitress, so Second Aunt, don't bother."
Yu Mei's words immediately shut down any possible escape routes for Liu Shulan.
Liu Shulan stood up, took out fifty yuan from her pocket, and slipped it under the wooden dining table on the kang (heated brick bed) when Yu Mei wasn't looking, then left.